uuuuH, it's OK,,,, if you aren't hoping for a bazillion miles, and are
going to keep the revs down for street use yea, ok.
If you are blueprinting, forget it.
Lifter/cam metalurgy is a major issue for R and A engines when racing.
The stock stuff is really not tough enough. For street, with stock springs,
new OE are fine., refaced are just ok.
Coated versions help with proper break in, but once you get through
the coating you are into the soft stuff and all bets are off.
Jim Tyler
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From: Toby B[SMTP:toby@wolfenet.com]
Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 10:30 PM
To: a roadster list
Subject: Re: camshaft
In a 1600,
Is it kosher to resurface the lifters? Is there enough hardness to
'em? Years back (7) I had mine done, and the cam reground. So far it
seems to be holding up alright, but I havn't measured the lift recently,
either... I HAVE been wrasslin' with noisy rockers (well, OK, checking
the adjustment every 500 miles, to discover that they're adjusted
correctly) in the vain hope that they'll SHUT UP! One of these days,
I'll get a new rocker shaft assembly...
Toby
Philip Erickson wrote:
>
> Either way you go with the cam, have your lifters resurfaced. Most lifters
>are
> convex when new and wear along with the cam. A quick and dirty way you can
> check for wear is by placing the two bottoms together and making sure they
> "rock".
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